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Pumpkin, just letting you know i am thinking of you, and wondering what you have decided to do about moving homes. I don’t get on chat very often so please put a quick post on. Take careOne day at a time my sweet lord…
Hi Luv2, You have definitely been pushing yourself working so many hours and I can see why you would want to treat yourself or escape. I know that feeling well… just wanting to escape and then I am not satisfied with just going once… I want more and more… and end up having such a hard time staying away. The after effects of having gambled are so tough to deal with and you want to go back for more… I find it is easier for me if I can just beat that one visit… when I say I might be okay… I might win some money… I feel lucky… I am due to win… It is so easy to find lots of reasons to gamble and when we feel like that… we don’t want to think of the reasons we should not gamble. I always call it the not gambling fairy on one should and the devil gambler on the other shoulder arguing. Sounds kind of crazy but I will continue to fight the devil on my should one day at a time. As I am typing this and thinking about it… I can feel thoughts of gambling coming into my head and I have to continue to fight them. Sorry for rambling on your thread. Wishing you a day free of gambling and a wonderful recovery day. It sounds like you are focusing on that weekend break with your husband… sounds like fun.One day at a time my sweet lord…
Hi Ican, just dropping by for a coffee and a chat LOL just wanted to let you know I am thinking of you and I hope you are doing okay. I love the post by Amyyy… I think we can all relate to it. Don’t think about a week or a month from here Ican, just think of today. I know you can get through today!!! Wishing you a wonderful recovery day ODAATOne day at a time my sweet lord…
Hi Lizbeth, what is a cloud salad? Is it a bright cloud or dark cloud LOL, sorry my silly sense of humour. I am so envious that you have your grandson close to you. I have two Grandsons they are turning 5 and 2 next month, but it’s 2 x 2.5 hour flights to get there. We do Skype, but I can’t get to give them hugs through the computer. We are going to see them in July… I can’t wait. We saw them 4 ***** for two weeks each time last year. I think we will only get 3 trips out this year. When I hear you say you are colouring eggs with your Grandson that is the type of things I miss doing with my Grandson. Wishing you a day free of gambling and a wonderful recovery day. P.S. Hubby is not drinking as much and I notice that it makes a difference to how I feel. It is causing him too many stomach problems.One day at a time my sweet lord…
Hi Vera, you have lots of people missing you. I hope all is well and you are looking after Vera cause she sure is a lovely person. Wishing you a day free of gambling.One day at a time my sweet lord…
Hi Reds, get better soon. Do you think your allergies could be dust with renovating the house. I am so excited for you going on your trip. You will have a great time.
I am reading about your running and not eating DQ Blizzards and thinking… WOW, has that lady got will power. I am still procrastinating about getting my butt of the lazy boy and doing some walking. I was out at an event for work and I had to do quite a bit of walking. I could not believe how much better I felt after I did all the walking… so now my goal is to get addicted to walking and exercising… a girl can dream can’t she… or I should say a Granny can dream.
Take care. Wishing you a day free of gambling and a wonderful recovery day.One day at a time my sweet lord…What an awesome post it gives those of us who have been trying for a while, hope that we can get there one day.One day at a time my sweet lord…
Hi Vera, I notice that you have not started an April Pact and don’t know if this is because you don’t want to do it. It is surprising how many people come on the first day of the month expecting that you will have started a month pact with your words of wisdom.
How did your visit with your daughter go? Is she still with you? Also, I hope your health is doing okay. Take care and wishing you a day free of gambleing, me too!!! Have a great recovery day.One day at a time my sweet lord…Hi Bettie, I can so relate to the "fat comments" and they do stay with you. Quite often it started with you have such a pretty face… if only you would lose some weight. I have struggled with being overweight all my life. The strangest thing is when I was gambling I lost weight LOL and I have put on 16 lbs since I started recovery whcih is 10 months ago. It cost me a lot of money to lose that 16 lb LOL.
I will repeat what Vera said in her post above and I will try and get my but in gear and do something about it… She said "Like gambling recovery, there are ways to overcome a weight problem. It involves hard work, the right tools and a lot of patience". It’s the hard work and patience that gets me every time.
I hope you feel better soon.One day at a time my sweet lord…Hey Girl, how are you doing? I hope that you did not give in to moving with a 2 hour commuute to work. You need to take care of you and stop being a "people pleaser". It is so much easier give others suggestions on what they need to do. As I am typing this I am saying to myself…. what the **** are you talking about… you need to take that advice yourself. Please post and tell me that you stood your ground and are not going to be doing that commute. I worry about you having to drive 2 hours morning and night to work. You will be exhausted. Wishing you a wonderful day of recovery. One day at a time my sweet lord…
Hi Ican, yes I hate those feelings after I have gambled. One thing that is important to remember is ‘HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELF". I know for me it’s a dangerous time after I have slipped/gambled as I give in to the thoughts quicker and end up gambling again.
I am sitting on the forum reading and writing posts. I know I should be doing laundry and tidying up, but I find myself not being able to get up of my but and do things. I think we all get those feelings of missing our friend LOL, what we think of us our friend. Strange if I was going to go throw money in the slots I would have lots of energy. So what does that tell you. It is taking time to get the joy back in every day life since I stopped gambling, but I am going to continue to fight my friend… or it should really ne called my enemy…. as it sure as **** is no friend to any of us.
Chin up and keep fighting our enemy one day at a timeOne day at a time my sweet lord…